How far is the average home run hit?

Obviously, if a high school player can hit home runs, then they are hitting the ball 300-400 feet. On average, depending on age, a high schooler hits the ball between 140 and 175 feet.
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How far is a home run hit?

He put together the numbers and determined that, under standard conditions using an 85-mph fastball as the benchmark, he determined 450 feet is about the maximum that a batter can hit the ball.
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What is Judge's average home run distance?

Judge's homers have been hit an average distance of 412 feet, which is tied for fifth-best among players who have gone yard at least 20 times.
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What is the farthest home run ever hit?

What is the longest home run of all time? Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! The media could not be played.
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How far do you have to hit a baseball for a home run?

If a team had walls shorter than that it would be a ground rule double. Official Rules of baseball Rule 5.05(a)(5).
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Is a 600 foot home run possible?

The predictions of the physics despite the issue of over-estimated backspin, is remarkably consistent with the results from ESPN Home Run Tracker at least as far as the maximum possible homer. It seems that the limit is somewhere a bit above 500 feet. So, it seems that 600 footers are out of the question.
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What is the farthest a human can hit a baseball?

Excluding meteorologically strange conditions, a batted ball cannot travel longer than 545 feet.
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What is the minimum home run distance?

The minimum distance to hit a home run (along either foul line) is set by baseball rules, generally at 325 feet (99 m).
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How far can an average 14 year old throw a baseball?

(Typically 60' Pitching Distance)
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Do you have to be strong to hit a homerun?

Being stronger, in conjunction with good swing mechanics, will help you hit the ball further. It's a good idea to strengthen all parts of your body with extra focus on your core, legs, and hands/forearms. Power starts with the legs. You want to have a strong, stable base because your swing starts from the ground up.
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Can you hit a baseball 600 feet?

A baseball can be hit as far as 575 feet or slightly further, but excluding strange weather conditions, a baseball can be hit approximately 550 feet. This can only be done by the most powerful and best contact hitters.
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How far was Babe Ruth's home run?

Babe Ruth, 575 Feet (1921)
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Who hit a 600 foot home run?

Then look up Joey Meyer's home run from 1987; it went nearly 600 feet into the upper level.
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Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.
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Is 300 home runs good?

300 home runs was once the measuring stick of a great career for a slugger. It continues to be a standard for very good home run hitters.
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Is 50 home runs good?

Fifty home runs in a season is quite the accomplishment. There have been just 47 50-homer seasons in Major League history. The story of 50-homer seasons begins with the Live Ball Era, in 1920, when Babe Ruth hit 54.
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How far is Yankee Stadium home run?

If you've ever watched a game at Yankee Stadium, chances are you've come across a certain phrase at least once: "The short porch," a reference to the right-field wall that sits a mere 314 feet from home plate.
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Where do most home runs get hit?

More home runs are hit to left field because there are more right-handed batters. However, righties hit a greater percentage of home runs to left field than lefties hit to right field. Lefties tend to drive the ball to the opposite field more often for home runs.
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Has there ever been a 500 foot home run?

Stanton belted the first 500-foot homer in Statcast™ history by extending way up the Coors Field bleachers in the left-center power gap. It took a Stanton-ian combination of a 115.8-mph exit velocity and a very low 18-degree launch angle for Stanton to reach that part of the park.
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How far is the home run fence in MLB?

While the 310-foot distance is minuscule by MLB standards, the 37-foot-tall Green Monster adds to the challenge of hitting a home run in that direction. Right field features an even shorter foul line – along with a way shorter wall.
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What is the shortest home run fence in MLB?

MLB's shortest ballpark, based on distance to center field

Home of the famed "Green Monster," Fenway features some of the most peculiar angles of any baseball stadium. While center field is short, its 18-foot tall fence barricades many would-be home runs.
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What is the shortest home run in baseball?

Playing for a minor league team called the Minnesota Millers back in 1900, Andy Oyler hit the shortest home run in the history of the entire world. The home run traveled only 24 inches—that's right, two feet!
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What is the shortest MLB home run?

Shortest home run in history

The ball hit Oyler's bat, which was still resting on his shoulder, and became stuck in approximately 24 inches of mud in front of home plate.
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Why are bases 90 feet apart?

Just how baseball settled on the 90-foot distance is unclear. It probably evolved during the 19th century, when the game was not well organized and informally played on fields where various existing objects often served as bases, meaning the field was not really square.
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